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2019239

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
17
pubmed:dateCreated
1991-5-29
pubmed:abstractText
Within a period of four years the diagnosis of pertussis was made in 169 adults (105 women, 64 men; mean age 35.8 [18-79] years). based on symptoms, specific antibodies and bacteriological examination of nasopharyngeal swabs (in 53). The findings were compared with those obtained in a control group of 2,771 children (1,381 females, 1,390 males; mean age 4.3 years). In the adult the dominant symptom was persisting cough, at times convulsive, while the other symptoms, characteristic in children, of rib retraction and vomiting were significantly less common in adults (retraction: 3% vs 40%; vomiting 12% vs 59%). A history of contact was elicited in only 17% of adults (38% in children). Confirmation of the diagnosis was obtained by growing Bordetella pertussis from a nasopharyngeal swab (6 of 53 patients [11%]; in children 45%), or finding significantly elevated antibody concentration or titre rise of specific antibodies against B. pertussis (IgG: 81% vs 68%; IgA: 91% vs 73%; IgM: 44% vs 72%). Half the adult patients were aged between 20 and 35 years. Contrary to the sex distribution of pertussis in children, significantly more women than men contracted the infection (P less than 0.01). It is concluded that even in adults pertussis should be considered in the differential diagnosis of persisting cough.
pubmed:language
ger
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0012-0472
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
26
pubmed:volume
116
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
649-53
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1991
pubmed:articleTitle
[Whooping cough in adults].
pubmed:affiliation
Institut für Hygiene und Laboratoriumsmedizin, Städtische Krankenanstalten Krefeld.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, English Abstract